Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cortland

#2,960 most common boys' name of all time · #7,175 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1913–2025

Rank among boys
#2,960
Rank overall
#7,175 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
2,194
Since 2016
296
Peak year
2011 #2,130
Best rank
#1,560 1991
Girls Boys peak 62/yr
192019401960198020002020

Cortland first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 27 27 #3,968
2024 5 18 23 #5,265
2023 — 28 28 #3,901
2022 — 30 30 #3,706
2021 7 20 27 #4,800
2020 — 27 27 #3,825
2019 5 23 28 #4,361
2018 — 41 41 #2,901
2017 — 28 28 #3,804
2016 — 37 37 #3,118
2015 — 46 46 #2,648
2014 5 42 47 #2,817
2013 — 50 50 #2,471
2012 5 44 49 #2,724
2011 — 62 62 #2,130
2010 — 47 47 #2,585
2009 5 38 43 #3,052
2008 — 31 31 #3,496
2007 — 33 33 #3,319
2006 — 25 25 #3,904
2005 — 29 29 #3,399
2004 — 20 20 #4,286
2003 — 35 35 #2,800
2002 — 43 43 #2,377
2001 — 34 34 #2,748
2000 — 39 39 #2,434
1999 — 54 54 #1,835
1998 — 51 51 #1,905
1997 — 53 53 #1,796
1996 5 56 61 #1,695
1995 5 51 56 #1,740
1994 7 49 56 #1,779
1993 — 39 39 #2,062
1992 — 52 52 #1,666
1991 — 55 55 #1,560
1990 — 33 33 #2,186
1989 — 33 33 #2,123
1988 — 28 28 #2,220
1987 — 31 31 #1,988
1986 — 24 24 #2,315
1985 — 14 14 #3,265
1984 — 20 20 #2,466
1983 — 11 11 #3,693
1982 — 15 15 #3,002
1981 — 10 10 #3,928
1980 — 9 9 #4,220
1979 — 8 8 #4,499
1978 — 7 7 #4,669
1977 — 15 15 #2,826
1976 — 7 7 #4,551
1975 — 9 9 #3,744
1974 — 7 7 #4,308
1973 — 5 5 #5,260
1972 — 12 12 #2,878
1971 — 7 7 #4,097
1970 — 9 9 #3,352
1969 — 5 5 #4,580
1968 — 7 7 #3,480
1967 — 11 11 #2,551
1966 — 9 9 #2,876
1965 — 15 15 #2,135
1964 — 6 6 #3,764
1963 — 9 9 #2,950
1962 — 7 7 #3,446
1961 — 13 13 #2,373
1960 — 7 7 #3,476
1959 — 6 6 #3,771
1958 — 6 6 #3,722
1957 — 7 7 #3,389
1956 — 10 10 #2,718
1955 — 6 6 #3,673
1954 — 10 10 #2,675
1953 — 12 12 #2,344
1952 — 10 10 #2,617
1951 — 10 10 #2,598
1950 — 7 7 #3,177
1949 — 8 8 #2,931
1948 — 14 14 #2,100
1947 — 9 9 #2,791
1946 — 8 8 #2,817
1945 — 8 8 #2,684
1944 — 10 10 #2,420
1943 — 5 5 #3,764
1942 — 11 11 #2,347
1941 — 5 5 #3,745
1940 — 9 9 #2,612
1938 — 8 8 #2,777
1936 — 7 7 #3,032
1935 — 12 12 #2,219
1934 — 9 9 #2,676
1933 — 5 5 #3,856
1932 — 7 7 #3,254
1931 — 8 8 #3,013
1930 — 12 12 #2,406
1928 — 9 9 #2,996
1927 — 8 8 #3,311
1926 — 8 8 #3,274
1925 — 10 10 #2,869
1924 — 7 7 #3,678
1923 — 10 10 #2,895
1922 — 6 6 #4,022
1921 — 8 8 #3,371
1920 — 7 7 #3,650
1919 — 8 8 #3,277
1918 — 9 9 #3,024
1917 — 14 14 #2,178
1916 — 10 10 #2,687
1915 — 12 12 #2,287
1914 — 15 15 #1,685
1913 — 5 5 #3,102